Watch highlights of the September 25 event at the US Capitol where 3,500 Muslims prayed “for the soul of America.”
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Prayer Rally: Muslims Gather at the US Capitol
Immigration Reform: Faith Community Must Lead
Watch Los Angeles Roman Catholic Cardinal Roger Mahony and Rabbi Jack Moline of the Rabbinical Assembly discuss comprehensive immigration reform.
Mike Huckabee: Still Social Conservatives’ Choice
Watch excerpts of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee's speech at the 2009 Values Voter Summit.
John Green: Religious Activists and Politics
Watch Kim Lawton’s extended interview with John Green, director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron, about religious activists on the left and the right.
September 11, 2009: Islam in Indonesia
In the world's largest Muslim nation, says Professor Dewi Fortuna Anwar, "there seems to be a greater willingness both to be openly religious and to be modern and educated at the same."
August 28, 2009: CIA Interrogation Tactics
"In a democracy that espouses certain moral values, we need to have accountability," says ethicist Shaun Casey. "It prepares us morally to face the future when we're facing a crisis and pressure to abandon legal and moral precedents that we've observed."
Shaun Casey: Senator Edward Kennedy and Religion
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly managing editor Kim Lawton speaks with Shaun Casey, author of "The Making of a Catholic President: Kennedy v. Nixon 1960," about the role of religion in the late Senator Edward Kennedy’s political life.
August 7, 2009: Islam and Modernity
"You can’t say that religious opinions made over 1, 000 years ago are valid for all times," says Gamal al-Banna, a reformist Muslim cleric in Egypt. "We must have a revolution in the understanding of Islam, a revolution almost like Martin Luther’s."
Health Care Reform: Religious Leaders Lobby Congress
"We need health care reform and we need it today," says Rev. Jennifer Thomas of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kansas City.
July 3, 2009: Rev. Francisco Marrero Gutierrez: Cuba-US Relations
The head of the Presbyterian Reformed Church in Cuba says Cuban churches are playing a greater role in their society and need stronger ties with US Christians. Watch excerpts from a recent interview with Rev. Francisco Marrero Gutierrez.















